#55839B#55839B

#55839B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.062 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55839B
RGB	rgb(85, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(201, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, -9.02, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 19.90, 243.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0383 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.062 232)
XYZ	xyz(17.7769, 20.5292, 34.0298)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55839B #9B6D55

analogous

#559B90 #55839B #55609B

triadic

#55839B #9B5583 #839B55

tetradic

#55839B #90559B #9B6D55 #609B55

square

#55839B #90559B #9B6D55 #609B55

split-complementary

#55839B #9B5560 #9B9055

monochromatic

#2A404C #3F6273 #55839B #78A0B5 #A0BCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#55839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#55839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55839B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55839B	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77829C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.062 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a7b8',
    500: '#55839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55839b;
$custom-light: #88a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58622,
    "c": 0.06225,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.2053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55839B

secondary

#B8A094

accent

#8462C5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55839B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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